The January issue of Art in America just arrived here -- better late than never. Faye Hirsch writes about Arlene Shechet's clay sculpture. "With an awkwardness so skilled it becomes elegant,
Shechet demonstrates a mastery over everything that can go wrong in
ceramics, harnessing wrongness to endless expressive possibility." Thanks, AiA, for putting it online.

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M/E/A/N/I/N/G, A Journal of Contemporary Art Issues, 25th Anniversary Edition, edited by Susan Bee and Mira Schor (and featuring one of my essays) is now available for Kindle.

College Art Association is looking for an editorial intern. "Intern assists with
administrative and editorial tasks in the publications department of the
leading professional organization for artists and art historians." Fifteen hours a week for either stipend or credit.

Art Fag City is looking for interns. "Ideal candidates have a strong interest in visual art and digital media,
are proficient in MS Office, Quickbooks, and Excel, and possess
excellent writing skills." I imagine a sense of humor might help, too.

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Joanne Mattera posted her essay for Textility,
an exhibition she co-curated with Mary Birmingham at the Visual Arts
Center of New Jersey. "Textility was conceived in Miami last December.
That’s where Mary Birmingham and I, standing by chance in front of an
Arlene Shechet clay sculpture with a surface that can only be described
as velvet, noted the significant number of textile-esque works we had
been seeing in booths and hotel rooms throughout the fairs: knitted
paintings, painted quilts, metal tapestries and more...."